The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte DIETER UNRATH ______________ Appeal No. 1998-1730 Application 08/577,583 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge, MCCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 to 4 and 6, all the claims remaining in the application. The appealed claims are drawn to a method for manufacturing a filter insert, and are reproduced in Appendix A of appellant's brief. The references applied in the final rejection are: Layte 2,663,660 Dec. 22, 1953 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007